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Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... surgery or ileal resection ... Systemic disease ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
Pott's Disease in ... Summary Epidemiology ... pulmonary TB PE ... excisional biopsy - Detection ... #Summary
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... for glomerular disease ... and specific for detection ... of glomerular disease ... #workup #diagnosis
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary - GrepMed ... Diagnosis and Workup ... • Pituitary testing ... Transsphenoidal surgical resection
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Recommended initial testing ... for glomerular disease ... and specific for detection ... #workup #diagnosis ... #initial #testing
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm ... NRH & Heme eval. re ... ileal Crohn's/resection ... fatigue despite disease ... #diagnosis #management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Summary 10 percent ... resistance, impaired fasting ... Treatment • Operable disease ... laparoscopic tumor resection ... Open surgical resection
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Summary table of ... reaction, Haemolytic disease ... Antigen-antibody complexes are ... Tuberculin test, Graft rejection ... classification #comparison
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Biostatistics Summary ... negative tests are ... probability of getting ... increase power) Selection ... Lead-time bias: early detection
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
Leukemia (CLL) - Summary ... , smudge cells are ... 1) Incidental detection ... chemotherapy for low-risk disease ... hemeonc #diagnosis #management